Gerridae

Translingual

Etymology

Gerris +‎ -idae

Proper noun

Gerridae

A taxonomic family within the order Hemiptera – water striders, true bugs that walk on water and prey on other invertebrates.

Synonyms

(family): water skeeters, water bugs, pond skaters, water skippers, jesus bugs

Hypernyms

(family): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Condylognatha - superorder; Hemiptera - order; Heteroptera - suborder; Gerromorpha - infraorder; Gerroidea - superfamily

Hyponyms

(family): Charmatometrinae, Cylindrostethinae, Eotrechinae, Gerrinae, Halobatinae, Ptilomerinae, Rhagadotarsinae, Trepobatinae - subfamilies

See also

Veliidae (water crickets)

References

Gerridae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Gerridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Gerridae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Gerridae at World Register of Marine Species
Gerridae on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Gerridae at the Tree of Life Web Project
Gerridae at Encyclopedia of Life
Gerridae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Gerridae at Fossilworks

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